Pain Research

In medicine, pain relates to the perception of a sensation that hurts. Only the person who is experiencing the pain can describe it properly. Research seeks to understand all types of pain, how to stop it or how to lessen it to improve a person’s quality of life.

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Publications

How Physician Self-Perceptions Affect the Impact of Peer Comparison Feedback on Opioid Prescribing

Evaluating the effectiveness of email-based nudges to reduce postoperative opioid prescribing: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial

The Effect Of Clinician Feedback Interventions On Opioid Prescribing

How, when, and why individuals with stage IV cancer seen in an outpatient setting are referred to palliative care: a mixed methods study.

Racial and ethnic disparities in opioid prescribing for long bone fractures at discharge from the emergency department: a cross-sectional analysis of 22 centers from a health care delivery system in Northern California.

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Research Studies

Stupski Serious Illness Program Evaluation

Randomized study of EHR Defaults and Using social Comparison feedback to effectively decrease opioid prescription pill burden (REDUCE).

Using Electronic Health Records to Identify Gaps in Migraine Headache Care: A Step Towards Improving Patient Outcomes

Mindfulness and Migraine: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Redesigning Chronic Pain Management in Primary Care: Improving Coordination, Outcomes, & Experience

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Featured Investigator

Su-Ying Liang

Ph.D.

Research Economist / Faculty

Su-Ying Liang, Ph.D., is Research Economist at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute.

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